Wind-shield.



Patented Fab. 16, `1909.

J. H. SPRAGUE.

/NVENTH ATTORNEYS j wmf@ unirsi) JAMES SPRAGUE, OF NORWALK, OHIO.

WIND-SIDIELD.

No. 912,91 1. l

Original application led- January 3,

Specification of Letters Patent. 1907, Serial No. 350,596; Divided and this application filed April 9, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 19091 serial No. 426,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known 4that I, JAMES H. SPRAGUE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Norwalk, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Wind-Shield', of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

This invention relates to certain im 'rovements'in wind shields for use upon ve icles, and relates more particularly to. theconstruction' of the frame of the shield and the method of holding the glass in place.

The invention involves a construction of frame in which the lass is resiliently held between o positelyisposed plates spaced apart, so t at the glass will not be broken byundue pressure, yet will besecurely held against movement in the frame.

This ap lication is a" division of my previous app ication, Serial Number 350,596, filed January 3, 1907. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification, in which simi ar characters-of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which- Fi ure 1 is a front elevation of a wind sln'cl constructed in accordance-with my invention; Fi 2 is a vertical section taken in a plane paral el to the plane of Fig. 1; Fi .3 is a vertical section ori` the line 3 3 of ig. 1;- Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; andFig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 3 but showing a slightly modified form.

The. improved wind shield `illustrated is Amade'up of two, sections 10 and 11, the

' former adapted to be rigidly secured to the dashboard ofv a vehicle, substantially in alinement vwith said dashboard, while theV other section is securedv to thel section 10 and adapted to be rigidly secured in, alinement withthe section 10, ror su orted adjacent to andsubstantiall paralie with said section. As ustrated,t elower stationary section 1() is provided with brackets 13, eX-

tendin outwardly substantially in the plane thereo and adjacent the upper edge, and er movable section 11 is provided rackets 14, 'extending outwardly the ends intermediate the top the up with therefrom at and bottom edges. Each end bracket 13 on lthe lower section is connected to the corresponding bracket 14 on the upper section by,v

a connecting rod or bar 15, of such a len t that the adjacent edges of the sections wil be `in Fig. 1, but also rial.

. mediate the wooden str1 metal in engagement with each other when the sections are in the same plane, as illustrated of such length that the up er sectlon may be moved to a position su sta-ntially parallel' with the lower section and with the upper edge of the frame adjacent the upper edge of the latter. vAs this mechanism 1s Jfully set forth in my previous application above' referred to, a full detailed description thereof is not necessary in this case. v

The specific frame illustrated, and which embodies my invention, is preferably formed 'of a metaltube 16 or a plurality of short pieces of tubing, inclosed by two oppositelydisposed side members or plates V17 and 18. Each ofthese members or plates is provided with a longitudinalgroove, and the members are sp disposed in respect to each other that the tube 16 is held between the two lates in the two grooves. Theouter edges o the two plates or members, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4f, are overla ped, Ato form a lapped seam 19. If desired, t e two plates may be made inte ral, so as to eliminate this laplped seam, as s own in Fig. 5. Opposite t e lapped seam, the two' lates extendl substantially parallel ai short istanoe, and are held apart y a strip 20-of wood or other suitable mate- TheA plates are held in engagement with the wood 1 and rsubstantially -rlgid in `respect to each other by means of bolts21, or other suitable `fastening means. The free edges of the two plates o posite to the tube, -ar'e bent toward each ot er, sov as to form flan es in resilient engagementwith the sides of t e glass-22 held4 by the frame. Interand the edge of the glass, there-is preferab y inserted a rubber acking 23, serving to hold the glass against ateral movement and insure it against The tube 16 serves t'o form a rigid border for the frame, and to prevent the sheet metal lates 17 and 18 from being accidentally lient or twisted. If desired, the tube may be omitted 'in case the' sheet lates are of sufficient rigidity to retain t eir form.

The frame, as above described, extends rattling.

'across the top and the two ends of the upper l section and across the bottom and the two ends of the lower section, the-end portions of the frame of one section being adapted to be brought into alinement with the end portions of the frame of the other section.

nel-shaped strips 29 and 30, the "former oi the locking bolts,but also serve for the einen When they are in alinement, any suitable an upper section, a lower section, means for means may be employed tor'locking them in position. For instance, a longitudinallymovable locking bolt 24 ma be employed, said bolt being mounted wit in the tube 16 oi the end portions of the frame of the upper section, and movable downwardly into the tube 16 of the end oi'tions of the frame of the lower section. he bolts may be o erated b suitable handles 25, connecte to the bo ts through slots 26.' The handles serve not only for the raising and lowering moving ofthe u per section to the lowered position, inwhic case the lower ends of the ocliing bolts will enter sockets in suitable brackets 27, carried by the dashboard 12 or by an intermediate board' or plate 28 inserted between the upper edge of the dashboard and the lower edge oi the stationary wind shield section 1G. The shield is secured to the dashboard preferably by means ci rods 24a, of substantially the same diameter as the reinforcing tube 16 and extending up into the ends ofthe. frame substantially in alinement with, portions of said tube. 'lhe lower ends oi these rods may be clamped to the ends oi the dashboard by any suitable iorm of brackets. The 'glass at the upper edge of the lower section and the lower edge ot the upper section, may be covered by any suitable form ci binding strip or frame portion, to protect the glass. As shown, l employ two substantially U-shaped or chanextendmg along the lower edge oi the glass oi'the upper section, and the latter extending along the n er edge oi the glass of the lower section. leach ci these strips extends across the ends oi the rubber strlps 23 and the wooden strips 2G, and terminates adjacent the inner tube le, substantially as,y illustrated in 2.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A i iront for vehicles, comprising i suplporting the up er section in alinement Wit section, eachv of said sectionsy comprising a frame having' a tube, oppositely-disposed members inclosing said tube, a str1p of resilient material intermediate said members and s aced from said tube, and a pane of glass eld vbetween said members and in engagement with said resilient material.

2. An automobile wind shield, including a frame, comprising two oppositely-disposed sheet metal members, each having a groove therein, a cylindrical tube intermediate said members and dis osed within said grooves, and a strip of res' ient material intermediate said members, rods extendin between said members and in alinement witg said tube at opposite ends of the frame, and means for securing said rods to the auto# mobile.

3. An automobile wind shield, including a tubular reinforcement, a sheet metal cov-` ering for said reinforcement, a sheet of transparent material, means for supporting the edge of said sheet between the adjacent edges of said sheet metal coverin and supporting means for said shield an extendin into said covering and in alinement Wit said tubular reinforcement.

4. An automobile wind shield,'comprising two sections, each section having a frame including a tubular reinforcement, a sheet metal covering, and a resilient strip intermediate the adjacent edges of said covering, and means for holding one of said sections in alinement with the other, said means operating in conjunction with said tubular reinforcement'.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. SrnU'r'roN, Gno. H. Ensim.

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